Pit bull kills poodle, police say

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Feb 9, 2012 at 4:01 PM

A Houma woman whose pit bull jumped out of her car and killed a toy poodle was ticketed Tuesday evening, police said.

A Houma woman whose pit bull jumped out of her car and killed a toy poodle was ticketed Tuesday evening, police said.Cherae Eschete, 26, 225 Santa Monica Drive, told Terrebonne sheriff's deputies that her pit bull jumped out of the car and attacked her neighbor's black poodle before she could catch it. The pit bull has never attacked anything else, Eschete allegedly told police, and that she made a mistake when she didn't use a leash.Eschete is charged with unlawful ownership of a dangerous dog. Details on the dog's fate were not immediately available.

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